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The Inquisition In Rome.
THE INQUISITION IN ROME .
SECRET OATHS —THE BISHOP OP CHARLESTON , U . S . The Rev . Mathew Gibson , of Massachusetts related the fact , that whilst he was a student in Rome , Dr . England , the Bishop of Charleston , was confined in the apartments of the Inquisition for some hours , for an offence against discipline . The following particulars of this event have been obtainedand may
, be relied on as substantially correct . Upon some great occasion , Dr . England , whose eloquence was known to his countrymen visiting the " eternal city , " was solicited to preach . As is often customary , in order to compliment the foreign residents , American and English , he had ordered the flags of the two nations to be unfurled over the sanctuary . After having delivered a most impressive sermon , and he had retired to rest after the fatigues of the day , he was suddenly aroused from his slumbers at
twelve o ' clock at night , and , as they quietly do those things there , informed most courteously that a carriage awaited , attended by gens d ' armes , with a summons , to conduct the good bishop to apartments ( not fabled dungeons , which are said no longer to exist . ") of the Holy Inouisition . On
the following day he was surprised to receive a visit from one of the officers of the Inquisition in the person of his friend Dr . Wiseman , rector of the English college , and still more surprised at his avowal of being the author of this act of severity , and excusing himself in virtue of his oath and obligation of duty in his office as one of the Inquisitors .-Having performed this duty , Dr . Wiseman observed that he came to do one more pleasing—to help his friend immediately to recover his
liberty . Accordingly , the good bishop having made his amende , or what happened with another bishop , frightened the inquisitional authorities with the threat of an American fleet on the Italian seas , the same carriage was ordered to take him back to his residence the following day . Dr . England , it is believed , never mentioned this anecdote to any one , having been bound by " oath of secrecy " never to reveal what had transpired before his liberation . It is said that an " oath to secrecy " is exacted from every prisoner before being liberated , after having expiated the offence of which he may have been pronounced guilty .
Dr . O Finnan , Bishop of Wexford , ( or Waterford , ) had been ordered to repair to Rome , as is customary , in order to settle some ecclesiastical differences . He had not been long there before he was summoned'to appear before the Hol y Inquisition , to answer certain interrogatories relating to the administration of his diocese .: But before obeying , the command , he took the precaution of waiting , upon the British Consul , who undertook , in the event of the bishop ' s . non-appearance , ; to demand his instant release as a British subject . ; Thus armed against
contingencies , and being also furnished with his . passport as a . further / protection , he attended at the Inquisition . Having explained himself to his : own satisfaction , upon being threatened with . incarceration for objecting ' to the views taken of the case by the tribunal , he plainly toldthe Inquisitbrs ' . that he refused to be dealt with as a subject of theBapaJ'sta ' tes , : he being an Irishman , and a subject of the King of Englahd and ireland- ;;
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The Inquisition In Rome.
THE INQUISITION IN ROME .
SECRET OATHS —THE BISHOP OP CHARLESTON , U . S . The Rev . Mathew Gibson , of Massachusetts related the fact , that whilst he was a student in Rome , Dr . England , the Bishop of Charleston , was confined in the apartments of the Inquisition for some hours , for an offence against discipline . The following particulars of this event have been obtainedand may
, be relied on as substantially correct . Upon some great occasion , Dr . England , whose eloquence was known to his countrymen visiting the " eternal city , " was solicited to preach . As is often customary , in order to compliment the foreign residents , American and English , he had ordered the flags of the two nations to be unfurled over the sanctuary . After having delivered a most impressive sermon , and he had retired to rest after the fatigues of the day , he was suddenly aroused from his slumbers at
twelve o ' clock at night , and , as they quietly do those things there , informed most courteously that a carriage awaited , attended by gens d ' armes , with a summons , to conduct the good bishop to apartments ( not fabled dungeons , which are said no longer to exist . ") of the Holy Inouisition . On
the following day he was surprised to receive a visit from one of the officers of the Inquisition in the person of his friend Dr . Wiseman , rector of the English college , and still more surprised at his avowal of being the author of this act of severity , and excusing himself in virtue of his oath and obligation of duty in his office as one of the Inquisitors .-Having performed this duty , Dr . Wiseman observed that he came to do one more pleasing—to help his friend immediately to recover his
liberty . Accordingly , the good bishop having made his amende , or what happened with another bishop , frightened the inquisitional authorities with the threat of an American fleet on the Italian seas , the same carriage was ordered to take him back to his residence the following day . Dr . England , it is believed , never mentioned this anecdote to any one , having been bound by " oath of secrecy " never to reveal what had transpired before his liberation . It is said that an " oath to secrecy " is exacted from every prisoner before being liberated , after having expiated the offence of which he may have been pronounced guilty .
Dr . O Finnan , Bishop of Wexford , ( or Waterford , ) had been ordered to repair to Rome , as is customary , in order to settle some ecclesiastical differences . He had not been long there before he was summoned'to appear before the Hol y Inquisition , to answer certain interrogatories relating to the administration of his diocese .: But before obeying , the command , he took the precaution of waiting , upon the British Consul , who undertook , in the event of the bishop ' s . non-appearance , ; to demand his instant release as a British subject . ; Thus armed against
contingencies , and being also furnished with his . passport as a . further / protection , he attended at the Inquisition . Having explained himself to his : own satisfaction , upon being threatened with . incarceration for objecting ' to the views taken of the case by the tribunal , he plainly toldthe Inquisitbrs ' . that he refused to be dealt with as a subject of theBapaJ'sta ' tes , : he being an Irishman , and a subject of the King of Englahd and ireland- ;;